Device for closing the lids of water-closets



(No Model.)

A'. OHAINAY.

DEVICE FOR CLOSING THE LIDS OF WATER GLOSETS.

Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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ATENT anens rn OHAINAY, on NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

DEVICE FOR CLOSiNG THE LIDS OF WATER-CLOSETS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,162, dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed July 23, 1857. Serial No. 245,147. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsTE CHAINAY, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Devices for Closiug the Lids of ater-Closet Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to close the covers of commodes or water closet seats through the medium of suitable mechanism operated by the movement of the door leading into the apartment or closet caused by a person entering or leaving the same; and to this end the said invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, to be hereinafter described, and pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a. side view of a closetseat-opcrating device constructed. in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

Fulerumed on a bearingsupported in asuitable bracket, G, preferably secured to the ceiling of the closet, is a lever, B, carrying at its forward end a friction wheel, a, and at its rear end a rod, 0. This rod 0 works up and down in a bearing, a, secured to the wall or other convenient support, and has jointed to its lower end a rod, D, which rod in turn is jointed to an arm, I, on the shaft H. This shaft H has its bearing in a bracket, I, located directly behind the seat-cover, another and longer arm, E, being secured to one end thereof for engagement with the seat-cover, as will be presently explained.

The friction-wheel c on the front end of the Q so as to be moved thereby whenever the said door is opened. As shown in the drawings, the wheel a also has its hearings in a bracket secured on the end of the lever, the said bracket being adjustable toward or from the fulcrum, so as to either throw the lever entirely out of operation or to give it a greater or less movement, the adjusted posi tion of the bracket being maintained by means of the pin d.

The sea-tcover is hinged in the ordinary manner at the back of the seat, and when opened preferably rests against the frictionroller 6 on the arm E, a plate, J, of metal, beiug secured to its upper side to prevent abraslon.

From the foregoing description the operation of the device will be readily understood. Assuming. that the seat-cover is raised and the door closed, as shown in Fig. 1, when the occupant of the closet (for the parts can only be in this position when some one is in the closet) opens the door for the purpose of pass ing out, the wheel a will strike against the Wheel a and slightly tilt the lever, thus moving the rods G and D downward and swinging the arms E and F and the seateover outward, as shown in dotted lines in said Fig. l. The seat-cover being thus carried forward of its center of gravity closes by its own weight.

It is obvious that the proportional sizes and shapes of the various parts may be changed as desired, or so as to conform to the position or place in which they are to be placed. It is also obvious that the rod D and arm F may be omitted and the rod 0 connected directly to the arm E at any desired point, no guide for the said rod being necessary in this construction; or the lever may be hung in a bracket secured to the wall of the apartment without departing from the spirit of my invention.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the hinged seatcover and arm for moving the same forward of its center of gravity, as described, of a le ver connected to said arm at one end, the

other end being provided with a friction.

2- The combinat on, with th h nged e e pened the e e =eoveriec1 oeed, eehflte x y cover and arm for moving the same forward as described. of its center of gravity, secured to a suitable shaft, of another arm secured to said shaft AUGUSTE A 5 and connected through suitable conneeting- Witnesses:

rods to a lever operated by the movement of F. DONICOURT,

the entrance-door, whereby when said door is THOs. E. .ARMAY. 

